{"product_id":"to-a-mountain-in-tibet-9780061768279","title":"To a Mountain in Tibet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted.\" --Pico Iyer, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Thubron walks for the dead and writes for the living, and I can't remember when I have been so thoroughly and deeply moved by an author's outward journey inward.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Bob Shacochis, \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Colin Thubron returns with a moving, intimate, and exquisitely crafted travel memoir recounting his pilgrimage to the Hindu and Buddhist holy mountain of Kailas--whose peak represents the most sacred place on Earth to roughly a quarter the global population. With echoes of Peter Matthiessen's \u003cem\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Hessler's \u003cem\u003eCountry Driving\u003c\/em\u003e, and Paul Theoroux's \u003cem\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/em\u003e, Thubron's follow up to his bestselling \u003cem\u003eShadow of the Silk Road \u003c\/em\u003ewill illuminate, interest, and inspire anyone interested in traveling the world or journeying into the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThubron, Colin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColin Thubron\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed travel writer and novelist. His first books were about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled by car into the Soviet Union, a journey he described in \u003cem\u003eAmong the Russians\u003c\/em\u003e. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: \u003cem\u003eBehind the Wall: A Journey through China\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Heart of Asia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn Siberia\u003c\/em\u003e (Prix Bouvier), \u003cem\u003eShadow of the Silk Road\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo a Mountain in Tibet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong other honors, Colin Thubron has received the Ness award of the Royal Geographical Society and the Livingstone Memorial Medal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. In 2007 he was made CBE. He was elected President of the Royal Society of Literature from 2010 to 2017, and named an RSL Companion of Literature in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555927626002,"sku":"9780061768279","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01b0536f-b304-48c1-88d5-888c8eb65fcc.jpg?v=1731745054","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-a-mountain-in-tibet-9780061768279","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}